Written questions

658 written questions tabled, most recent first.

8 Feb 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Private Rented Housing: Mould

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department plans to take steps to support tenants of private landlords to take action against landlords who (a) refuse to act and (b) delay acting on cases of (i) damp an

6 Feb 2024 · Home Office

Anti-social Behaviour: Police

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment the Government has made of the potential impact of trends in levels of financial settlements for local authorities on trends in levels of neighbourhood disputes involving police since

6 Feb 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Youth Custody: Foreign Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign national offenders there are in the youth secure estate; and if she will provide a breakdown of those figures by offence type.

6 Feb 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers: Youth Custody

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether prison officers working in the youth secure estate receive training on tackling violence against women and girls.

6 Feb 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers: Dismissal

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers have been dismissed for (a) supplying and (b) transporting drugs in the youth secure estate in each of the last 10 years.

6 Feb 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers: Dismissal

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data his Department holds on the number of prison officers who were dismissed for having intimate relationships with young people in the youth secure estate in each year since 2014.

6 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Health: Young Offenders

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an estimate of the number of young people in the youth secure estate being reported as having tooth decay in each of the last five years.

6 Feb 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Youth Custody

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment has he made of the causes of the increase in the number of young people aged 18 or over placed in the youth secure estate since 2022.

6 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Young Offender Institutions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of dentistry provision in the youth secure estate.

6 Feb 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Youth Custody

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what is the age of the oldest individual placed in the youth secure estate as of 6 February 2024.

6 Feb 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Youth Custody

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many young people aged 18 or over from each (a) ethnic group and (b) religion were in the youth estate as of 31 December 2023.

6 Feb 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Oasis Restore Secure School

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make it his policy that young people over the age of 18 will not be placed in the Oasis Restore School.

6 Feb 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Youth Custody

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has made an estimate of the number of young people aged 18 or over in the youth secure estate who have been separated from their peers for more than seven days in the last 12 months.

6 Feb 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Youth Custody

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average cost to the public purse is of a person aged 18 or over being placed in the children’s secure estate.

6 Feb 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Secure Training Centres and Young Offender Institutions: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many safeguarding referrals have been made from each (a) young offender institution and (b) secure training centre for people aged 18 or over in each of the last five years.

6 Feb 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Youth Custody

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of people aged 18 or over in the youth secure estate.

5 Feb 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Young Offender Institutions: Prison Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2023 to Question 5312 on Young Offender Institutions, if he will publish on a monthly basis the average number of hours spent out of their cell by inmates on (a) weekdays and

5 Feb 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Young Offender Institutions: Prison Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average number of hours spent out of their cell by inmates on (a) weekdays and (b) weekend days was in each young offender institution in December 2023.

30 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Secure Training Centres and Young Offender Institutions: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many safeguarding referrals have been made from each (a) young offender institution and (b) secure training centre in each of the last five years.

30 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Young Offender Institutions: Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many allegations of (a) physical and (b) sexual abuse were made at young offender institutions in each year since 2015.

30 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Youth Custody: Vacancies

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many job vacancies there were in the Secure Youth Estate at 30 January 2024.

25 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when she plans to respond to the correspondence of (a) 30 November 2023 and (b) 10 January 2024 from the hon. Member for Lewisham East, case reference JD39544.

23 Jan 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to respond to the correspondence of (a) 1 December 2023 and (b) 8 January 2024 from the hon. Member for Lewisham East, case reference JD39615.

23 Jan 2024 · Treasury

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when she plans to respond to the correspondence of (a) 24 November 2023 and (b) 8 January 2024 from the hon. Member for Lewisham East, case reference JD38220.

23 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Aiding and Abetting: Convictions

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 8 January 2024 to Question 7656 on Aiding and Abetting: Convictions, what his planned timetable is for completing the Common Platform Programme.

15 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Oasis Restore Secure School: Per Capita Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 19 December 2023 to Question 7116 on Wetherby Young Offender Institution: Females, what his estimate is of the cost to the public purse of a child placed in youth custody in the ne

11 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Reoffenders: Sentencing

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the College of Policing's publication entitled Imprisonment and other custodial sanctions, published on 30 November 2023, if he will (a) make and (b) publish an assessment of the implications fo

11 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Alternatives to Prosecution

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he made of the adequacy of the use of out-of-court disposals to support individuals with health vulnerabilities.

11 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Oakhill Secure Training Centre: Girls

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many girls have been placed at the Oakhill secure training centre in the last 12 months.

5 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Youth Custody: Per Capita Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 19 July 2021 to Question 33308 on Youth Custody: Costs, what the cost was to the public purse of a child placed in youth custody (a) on remand and (b) for other reasons in (i) secu

Source: official written-questions record.